Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) stepped into the auction with a lot of questions that needed to be answered regarding their bowling department, having released most of their bowlers from last year. They did find bowlers who could fill in the roles (Lockie Ferguson, Alzarri Joseph, and Tom Curran) at the auction, but it is hard to see whether the bowling unit is complete even after the auction. Royal Challengers Bangalore Full Squad for IPL 2024 RCB squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomro ..read more

Punjab Kings will head into another season with a hope of claiming their maiden IPL trophy, a title that has been eluding them since the tournament’s inception back in 2008. With a new captain in Shikhar Dhawan at the helm, they will need the contribution from each individual to take this young team forward in the 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League and hope to do better than a No.6 finish that they had in 2022. Coming into the tournament, they let go off their last year’s skipper Mayank Agarwal ahead of the auctions and brought England’s all-rounder Sam Curran for a earth-shattering sum ..read more

Delhi Capitals has been one of the most consistent teams in the IPL over the last 4 seasons reaching the playoffs on 3 of those occasions. In the last edition, however, they just missed out on the qualification finishing 5th on the points table. Though they didn’t make too many changes to their squad from the previous edition, the balance of the side greatly shifted due to the unfortunate accident with their regular skipper Rishabh Pant who is ruled out of the entire tournament. In his absence, the Delhi Capitals will be led by the IPL legend himself David Warner and the left-hander opener fro ..read more

Rajasthan Royals had a memorable IPL 2022 under the leadership of Sanju Samson, where they were the runners-up to the eventual champions Gujarat Titans. They played brilliant cricket throughout the tournament and were outstanding by winning 9 of their 14 group games. RR, along with the present title holders Titans, was easily the most consistent team last season, and this paved their way to reaching the summit clash for the first time since the inaugural edition in 2008. Aside from being one of the tournament’s best teams, RR had in them the best batsman and bowler of last year’s IPL. Yuzuvend ..read more

Lucknow Super Giants had an excellent debut season in the IPL 2022 edition where they reached the playoffs under the leadership of India’s star batsman KL Rahul. Having had a good enough start to their IPL journey, the LSG team didn’t make that many changes to their potential core in the mini auctions that happened a few months back. While they did let go of West Indies players like Evin Lewis and Jason Holder, the LSG got 2 Windies players at the auctions in Nicholas Pooran and all-rounder Romario Shepard. This should boost the squad significantly as both these players have done well in the s ..read more

Gujarat Lions, led by the mercurial all-rounder Hardik Pandya into the 16th edition of Tata IPL 2023 as the defending champions, having won the coveted tournament in their very first attempt. They defeated the Rajasthan Royals in the final to become only the 2nd side after the Royals themselves to win the IPL in their maiden appearance. Gujarat Titans squad (IPL 2023): Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkan ..read more

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have had a couple of great IPLs in the past few seasons and would love to continue the good under the able leadership of former South Africa skipper Faf Du Plessis and the coaching of Mike Hesson – Sanjay Bangar combo. They have consistently reached the playoffs in the last 3 seasons but seem to fail at the knockout stages, and they would like to change that trend in the fresh new season of Tata IPL. RCB had a seemingly balanced squad from the last edition of IPL, which meant they didn’t have to do many changes to their side. As expected, the franchise from Be ..read more

Chennai Super Kings (CSK), led by the legendary captain MS Dhoni will contest in the 16th edition of Tata IPL. The team from Chennai has won the IPL title 4 times, just 1 shy behind their arch-rivals Mumbai Indians. They will be on the quest to become the joint most successful team in the tournament’s history, and one gets a feeling they have the right balance in the squad to clinch yet another IPL. As IPL 2023 might very well be the farewell season for their skipper Dhoni, CSK and fans would be hoping for a fairytale finish for arguably one of the greatest finishers ever. Like MI, CSK also do ..read more

Predicting Virat Kohli’s total centuries in international cricket is tricky, especially now. The cricket is back to its usual glory days after a big Covid break. Virat has been out of his captaincy stint and is back in his prime form after a drought of over 1000 days without any century. I thought this would be the best time to work on something like this. I have always been fond of cricket stats, tracking and following them like an ardent comic fan who wants to keep every comic character and series in mind. It is always about the numbers. Numbers and cricket go a long way together – in all t ..read more

The ICC Cricket World cup 2023 is going to be a massive tournament. No doubt about that. Especially for India, the host country that worships cricket. MS Dhoni’s six-over long-on in the 2011 World Cup final is still the most precious moment for most Indians. The shortcomings in the next two World Cups only made things difficult for the men in blue and the fans. The emotions that ran over MSD’s runout in the 2019 semi-final would have set an urge for Indian fans to grab the World cup as soon as possible. So 2023, the year in which the next ODI world cup is played, is the most anticipated o ..read more